Decision details

Pathways to Employment Phase 2 - Update and proposed award of grant

Decision Maker: Better Placed Joint Committee (Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark)

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To provide an update on the Pathways to Employment Phase 2 contract and to recommend the award of a performance related grant of £225,000 to St Giles Trust to enable the commencement of the Better Placed Programme’s Pathways to Employment (PtE2) from March 2016.

Decisions:

This item had not been circulated 5 clear days in advance of the meeting, the item was accepted as urgent to enable the interim contract with St Giles Trust to be let by 7 March 2016.   

 

Helen Payne, Assistant Director for Welfare, Employment and Skills (Lambeth) introduced the report.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That due to unforeseen delays with London Councils securing funding from the European Social Fund, a performance related grant of £225,219 be awarded to St Giles Trust to enable Pathways to Employment Phase 2 to start from March 2016.

 

2.  That as Lambeth Council will be awarding the grant, any further variations on the contracting arrangements for this award be delegated to the Chief Executive of Lambeth Council.

Publication date: 29/02/2016

Date of decision: 29/02/2016

Decided at meeting: 29/02/2016 - Better Placed Joint Committee (Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark)

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